From William
Morrow comes another page turner a New York Times Best Selling author –
J. A. Jance “Betrayal of Trust” ($25.99, 344 pages). The Jance book (a
new Beaumont series novel) features the most potent woman in Washington
State who is unable to escape the horrible truth that is uncovered by
J.P. Beaumont and sidekick Mel Soames. A mesmerizing read.

“Sisters of the
Sari” by Brenda L. Baker (NAL, $15.00, 330 pages) makes for really
enjoyable summer reading. Set in urban south India, it is about an
unlikely pair – a “type A” U.S. exec and an ex-slave who resides in
Chennai. Vivid and touching - a breakout first novel.

BOOKENDS: From
National Geographic Publishers comes “10 Best of Everything National
Parks” ($21.95, 480 pages) and “100 Countries 5000 Ideas” $26.95, 400
pages). Both are terrific source books. Part reference, part
encyclopedia, part books of lists, part travel guide, part browser - -
-these worthies belong in your bookcase.

“Kaufman Field
Guide to Advanced Birding” by Kenn Kaufman (HMH, $21.00, 447 pages) is
not for everyone but it might be. It is one for the birds and those
interested in them and is a glorious guide to understanding what you see
and hear. Kaufman, one of the world’s leading bird experts shows why he
is.

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About the Authors: Myrna Katz Frommer and Harvey Frommer are a wife and husband
team who successfully bridge the worlds of popular culture and traditional
scholarship. Co-authors of the critically acclaimed interactive oral histories
It Happened in the Catskills, It Happened in Brooklyn, Growing Up Jewish in
America, It Happened on Broadway, It Happened in Manhattan, It Happened in
Miami. They teach what they practice as professors at Dartmouth College.

They are also travel writers who specialize in luxury properties and fine dining
as well as cultural history and Jewish history and heritage in the United
States, Europe, and the Caribbean. More
about these authors.